ZKT ZKBio CVSecurity up to 6.4.1 Service Console hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in ZKT ZKBio CVSecurity up to 6.4.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Service Console. Such manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-45746. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ZKT ZKBio CVSecurity up to 6.4.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Service Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In ZKT ZKBio CVSecurity 6.4.1_R an unauthenticated attacker can craft JWT token using the hardcoded secret to authenticate to the service console.

The advisory is shared for download at zkteco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-45746 since 04/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

Upgrading to version 6.4.2 or 6.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-14597). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ZKBio CVSecurity 6.4.2/6.5.1

Timelineinfo

04/22/2025 🔍
05/14/2025 +22 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/10/2025 +27 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zkteco.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-45746 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-45746
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-308852
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2025 07:22
Updated: 06/10/2025 11:52
Changes: 05/14/2025 07:22 (52), 05/14/2025 17:08 (1), 05/21/2025 08:30 (1), 06/10/2025 11:52 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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